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Jose

Boys' name · Millennial-era perennial

Living in the US
~521,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#95 among boys
Births in 2025
3,678 596,732 since 1880
Typical age
31 years, median

Jose popularity over time

Jose rank by birth year, 1880–2025Jose ranked #161 in 1880 and #95 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #28, in 2004.#100#95best #28 in 200418901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2002 is the peak year for Jose, with 12,916 births. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Jose has spent 63 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #95, on 3,678 births. The ten-year change is -29%.

Babies named Jose per yearPeaks at 12,916 births in 2002.12,916 in 2002018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Jose?

Roughly 521,800 Joses are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 596,732 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Jose?

Half of living Joses are older than 31, half younger. More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Jose a millennial-era perennial name.

Your Jose

Ages of living people named JoseHalf of living Joses are older than 31 and half younger.median 31020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Jose is most common

The name is concentrated in Texas, at 2.8× the national rate. Arizona, New Mexico and California follow.

Where Jose is used more than average5 states use the name Jose more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.7× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.9× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 2.6× the national rateAZNew Mexico: 2.4× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 2.8× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Jose is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Texas 11,435 2.8×
Arizona 1,930 2.6×
New Mexico 364 2.4×
California 8,536 1.9×
Nevada 453 1.7×

Jose in England and Wales

ONS recorded 21 births named Jose in 2025, ranking it #1,307. That is 22% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Jose comes from

From Spanish/Portuguese José, from Hebrew. Doublet of Joseph.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Jose

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Jose Advincula Filipino Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal 1952 25
Jose Baxter British footballer 1992 23
Jose Pablo Cantillo American actor 1979 16
Jose W. Diokno Filipino politician 1922–1987 16
Jose Kaimlett Indian catholic priest 1941–2018 15
Jose de Venecia Jr. Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2001 to 2008, 1992 to 1998 1936–2026 12
Jose ben Halafta 2nd century Talmud rabbi and tanna 101–150 11
Jose the Galilean Jewish sage 1st and 2nd centuries CE 100–200 10
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Jose

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Jose was in 2025.

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